arithmos · number

What it means

arithmos (ἀριθμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “number”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. How many people or things there are.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×1
• Acts×5
• Romans×1
• Revelation×10

• Luke 22:3

  And Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve;

• John 6:10

  Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

• Acts 4:4

  But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

• Acts 5:36

  For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; he was killed, and all who obeyed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

• Acts 6:7

  And the word of God kept growing, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying greatly, and a great crowd of the priests were obeying the faith.

• Acts 11:21

  And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.

• Acts 16:5

  So the assemblies were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number daily.

• Romans 9:27

  And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;

• Revelation 5:11

  And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

• Revelation 7:4

  And I heard the number of those who were sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

• Revelation 9:16

  And the number of the troops of cavalry was two hundred million; I heard their number.

• Revelation 13:17

  and that no one may be able to buy or to sell except the one who has the mark, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

• Revelation 13:18

  Here is wisdom. Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a human being; and its number is six hundred sixty six.

• Revelation 15:2

  And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.

• Revelation 20:8

  and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for the war; their number is like the sand of the sea.

And 3 more times.